Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to defend constitution in hearing's opening remarks

U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee for Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson gave her opening statement during the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, with the panel's 22 members set. to question her on Tuesday and Wednesday.

She committed to work productively to support and defend the U.S. constitution.

“I decide cases from a neutral posture, I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me without fear or favour, consistent with my judicial oath,” she said.

The Senate has confirmed Jackson to three federal posts, most recently last year, when Biden nominated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after eight years as a federal district judge in Washington.

Her confirmation would not change the ideological balance of the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump.

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